“Cover for Corruption”

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October 27, 2006   •  By Steve Hoersting   •  ,

CCP Chairman Brad Smith notes the Wisconsin corruption that is covering for Wisconsin corruption, in yesterday's Roll Call.

UPDATE: The Supreme Court of Wisconsin ...

Is Air America an Illegal Campaign Committee?

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October 26, 2006   •  By Steve Hoersting   •  ,

Air America, the liberal talk radio network, recently declared its bankruptcy.  Unremarked upon, however, is the prospect that Air America was merely "circumvention" of ...

Free Exercise Where the Activity is Free

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October 25, 2006   •  By Steve Hoersting   •  ,

If drinking hoasca is okay, what is the result under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act when churches' sincere religious beliefs involve unpaid politics, and ...

Does Money Guarantee Election?

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October 23, 2006   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

Barron's is predicting minimal Republican losses this year, based almost entirely on candidate fund raising totals.  How valid is this analysis?  Click the header ...

Newsreel IV

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October 20, 2006   •  By IFS staff   •  ,

West Palm Beach, Fla.--Florida Democrats asked a state court Friday to block Election Day notices at polling places that ...

“Promises About Prop. 89 All a Dream”

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October 19, 2006   •  By Steve Hoersting   •  ,

The Cato Institute's John Samples and CCP Academic Advisor Jeffrey Milyo show the puffery in California Prop. 89.

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“Best Election Money Can Buy”: Reading the News with a Skeptical Eye

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October 18, 2006   •  By IFS staff   •  ,

A recent article in the L.A. Times is practically bursting with all the things that advocates of campaign finance ...

“Relatives have ‘inside track’ in lobbying for tax dollars”

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October 17, 2006   •  By IFS staff   •  ,

A story in USA Today highlights a true appearance of corruption, and it has nothing to do with financing ...

Joyce Foundation/Wisconsin News Lab Report: Where and How Should Voters Get Their Information?

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October 14, 2006   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

The Joyce Foundation, working with the University of Wisconsin NewsLab, has released a report highly ...

When “Stand By Your Ad” is Irrelevant

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October 13, 2006   •  By IFS staff   •  ,

The FEC is currently considering alternative drafts of a new Advisory Opinion that asks whether a campaign committee receives a ...

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